About

Jnanapravaha Mumbai (JPM) is a para-academic institute that offers public programmes and postgraduate courses in the history of aesthetics, critical theory, art criticism, and writing style. The institute brings scholars at the cutting edge of their fields, from India and abroad, to teach students and the public and to develop and share new work in conferences and workshops. JPM remains committed to offering Mumbai a space for rigorous pedagogy, research, reading, and writing.

JPM offers additional programming for students and the public under these rubrics as well as Creative Practices, Curatorial Processes, and Community Engagement. We publish a Quarterly that includes institute, course, and public programme reports and announcements, a long-form essay, as well as exceptional student scholarship.

JPM’s parent organization, Jnana-Pravaha Varanasi, was founded in 1997 and is devoted to the study of Indology, epigraphy, and Sanskrit. In 2007, Dr. Rashmi Poddar opened JPM in the city’s historic Fort district. Located in Queen’s Mansion, a heritage building, JPM maintains a classically conserved lecture hall, offices, reading room, a library with unique holdings in art history, critical theory, and in the humanities and social sciences more generally, as well as state of the art projection and sound facilities.

Jnanapravaha is a registered Trust. Contributions qualify for 80G benefits. We are eligible for CSR contributions, as specified in the Companies Act (2013), and have been awarded FCRA clearance from the Government of India. For further information, please contact our support team support@jp-india.org